Pin board - before & after

I had an old pin board/ notice board which was coming apart and didn't match my craft room, so I decided to alter it. It had very pretty material on it which I have kept for future projects

Pretty but I could see the potential! It's about 3ft x 2ft in size.

So I took it to pieces and used some hessian I have been itching to use for a while, got out my staple gun and some good old seam binder ribbon and after a flurry of activity came up with this.

But it's not meant to be bare, so I tried a few things out to make sure my little wooden pegs were strong enough...

And then I decided colour was the order of the day, so out came some of my more vibrant art work and voila - good old pin board works a treat!

The hessian background really makes the colours pop - and I couldn't leave my lil' gal out of the picture could I! It's perfect in my craft room and I get to show off some of my projects that are otherwise stuck in an art journal.

PS hope you like my art  :)  and here it is in the "Before" state!

card for Mum

Just a few updates on my projects. I made my Mum's birthday card to her taste  - I'm not particularly flowery myself, but she loves them and I enjoyed making this.

Very pretty My Minds Eye papers, Tim Holtz vellum, Prima flowers & leaves.

An old Websters Pages layout that I still love

I'd forgotten how much I love Webster's Pages stuff - I did this layout back in 2011, but I remember enjoying all the paint effects I was inspired to use directly from these papers. I had fun continuing the paper pattern with paint and brush (I think i used distress inks actually) - and look at Cara's eyes! She was so fed up of me saying "let me take a photo", I thought she was going to explode! I originally uploaded this to scrapbook.com gallery and UK Scrappers too I think. Good fun!

Mini album - Cara's test

Here's the next page of my current mini album, using mainly Heidi Swapp product. I've finished the cover also, but I'll show that with the finished article upload. It's been great fun to make, thumbs up especially for Heidi's Color Shine spraymists. These little bottles of awesomeness are by far and away the best shimmer mists I have used, so full of colour pigment and metallic sheen - and no clogging! Gorgeous!

7Gypsies Printers Tray

I altered this 7Gypsies printers tray over 2 years ago, but I forgot to photograph it for a show and tell - so here it is. Very pretty, mainly because of the Prima Jack and Jill papers and embellies. I also used lots of nik-naks from my stash. This is one of my fave photos.

12 x 12 layout You Are Beautiful, 9 x 7 layout Oh So Lovely

These are probably the last of my old projects that I am uploading
.The first one is all stamping and layering and prettiness.
Its a very dimensional layout, hence being in a box frame (residing in my conservatory :0)

The second one is more recent and uses American Craft Dear Lizzie papers and is 9 x 7 inches I think. A very quick and simple layout to do.

Mixed Media Tutorial 1 - Are you really16?

This is a new one for me - impromptu tutorial of a project I did this morning. Next time I will pluck up the courage to video myself as I create maybe!!!

Here is the finished product - so much fun! I used a photo of poor quality (BUT gorgeous subject}, because it kind of fits in with the overall look I wanted. Also I mean Vintage Photo and not Old Photo when I use the Distress Paints! Slight blank moment for me.

So here is the tut

 

prom dress grunge

Another layout from a while ago of Cara's prom dress. This was a very emotional purchase for us. I couldn't really afford it as it was a lot of money, but Cara was so determined to have it (bought from Molly Browns in York, a Sherri Hill designer dress size 0), that she withdrew some of her savings and paid half. It's such a beautiful dress and I have many photos. She looked amazing on prom night.

This particular layout is very shabby, grungy, messy. It's a "from the heart" layout.

Good Bad Grunge

A grungy mixed media 12 x 12 layout of Cara. She was actually posing for a drama assignment she was doing at college and I couldn't resist making something with the photos myself. at 16 she is full of ups and downs and I sometimes don't know where I am with her, but the love is, of course, unconditional. Check out the tights !!!

Little Bits of Art

Here's a little set of chipboard drawers I altered a while ago to store ATC's in. Think the papers are Bo Bunny if I remember correctly. Each drawer is just about full now, so time to make another ATC storage box! I have a 7Gypsies ATC drawer to alter...

Joie de Vivre - Something from scratch from Feb 2012 - using sizzix dies, DCWV mademoiselle collection, Lablanche, 7Gypsies, ECOGreen & other stamps, Maya Road chipboard cameo pieces. Just played and pottered, as is my wont. Selected pages - more to see if you want!

BIRDCAGE

Sharing one of my favourite makes from October 2011 (That long ago?). Bare chipboard juiced up with paint, cosmic shimmer sprays, crackle medium, inks - you name it! Loving the Pink Paislee and Bo Bunny so much I made another project (to follow) using these goodies.

@ or @ BOOK

Here are the photos of my @ book, which I made after watching Made By Marzipan's tutorial on YouTube (@ Book)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZzL0xWqm8M. I loved the process and reckon it took me about 5 hours to make all in all. As long as you get your measurements right, it comes together quickly. I used Hi-Tack glue on my washi tape to ensure a permanent bond. Then had fun playing with Dear Lizzy's pretty papers.